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WO1996034495A2
WO1996034495A2 PCT/IB1996/000348 IB9600348W WO9634495A2 WO 1996034495 A2 WO1996034495 A2 WO 1996034495A2 IB 9600348 W IB9600348 W IB 9600348W WO 9634495 A2 WO9634495 A2 WO 9634495A2
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  • the invention relates to a device for coding video pictures, comprising: a picture transformer for transforming blocks of pixels into coefficients; coding means for encoding said coefficients, the bit rate R and distortion D of the encoded picture being determined by a coding parameter; means (3) for selecting one from a series of coding parameter values for which the sum D+ ⁇ R is minimal for an applied value of ⁇ ; and calculation means for calculating the value of ⁇ .
  • the invention also relates to a method of coding video pictures.
  • the article discloses a method of improving the picture quality of an MPEG encoder.
  • MPEG defines an encoder comprising a picture transformer to obtain coefficients, and a quantizer for imaging the coefficients to a proximate quantization level.
  • the quantization level constitutes a coding parameter.
  • the picture quality is improved by tresholding the quantized coefficients, i.e. by selecting the quantization level zero rather than the conventional quantization level if that it is better in a rate vs. distortion sense.
  • the prior art method will briefly be summarized with reference to Fig. 1.
  • the reference numeral 100 denotes a rate-distortion curve (hereinafter abbreviated to RD curve) for a range of quantization step sizes ⁇ .
  • RD curve rate-distortion curve
  • the bitrate will be lower because fewer non-zero coefficients are transmitted, and the distortion will be larger.
  • curve 101 represents an RD curve if the thresholding operation is performed on coefficients which have been quantized with a step size ⁇ l.
  • Curve 102 represents an RD curve if the thresholding operation is performed on coefficients which have been quantized with a larger step size ⁇ 2.
  • the curves 101 and 102 will hereinafter be referred to as thresholding curves.
  • the Lagrangian cost is defined as:
  • b_ represents a set of coefficient values to be encoded.
  • D(b and RQ>) are the distortion and the bitrate, respectively, upon encoding of these coefficients.
  • the Lagrang multiplier ⁇ is a natural number which is larger than or equal to 0.
  • a tresholdin operation can be found which yields a set fe of coefficients for which L(fe, ⁇ ) is minimal.
  • Th distortion DQj) and bitrate R ⁇ ) applying to this set constitutes a point on the thresholding curve.
  • ⁇ increases, the distortion will be larger and the bitrate lower.
  • a given bitrate Rl can be achieved both by (i) quantizing the coefficients with step size ⁇ 2 and transmitting all quantized coefficients, and by (ii) quantizing the coefficients with a smaller step size ⁇ l and thresholding selected coefficients.
  • option (ii) is more favourable because it yield less distortion.
  • the curves 101 and 102 shown are only two curves of many possible thresholding curves.
  • the envelope thereof, denoted by 103 in the Figure, constitutes the optimal RD curve for a given picture. It is completely below curve 100.
  • thresholding may result in a step size ⁇ and a Lagrange multiplier ⁇ which yields a smaller distortion than when thresholding is not carried out.
  • the way in which the optimal operating point of an encoder is determined is, however, very intensive from a computation point of view. It is an iterative procedure in which the optimal set of coefficients is searched for a large number of values of ⁇ .
  • the invention is based on the recognition that the searched Lagrange multiplier ⁇ for a desired bit rate is equal to the negative value of the derivative of the RD curve, and utilizes the fact that at least a good approximation of the RD curve can be derive from the distribution of coefficient amplitudes for each spatial frequency.
  • Said amplitude distribution can easily be measured by statistic pre-analysis of the picture to be coded. For example, the amplitude distribution can be obtained by counting, for each spatial frequency, the number of times when a coefficient indicative of said spatial frequency assumes the same amplitude.
  • the means for estimating the bit rate R is adapted to cumulatively add, for all spatial frequencies, the product of the number of bits to encode a given amplitude with the number of occurrences when a coefficient assumes said amplitude as defined by the amplitude distribution.
  • the means for estimating the bit rate R is adapted to calculate the entropy from said amplitude distribution, said entropy being indicative for the bit rate R.
  • Fig. 1 already described, shows some rate-distortion curves to explain a prior-art device.
  • Fig. 2 shows a device for coding a video signal according to the invention.
  • Fig. 3 shows the block diagram of a ⁇ calculator shown in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows a flow chart to explain the operation of a computing circuit shown in Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 5 shows some entropy-distortion diagrams to explain the operation of the ⁇ calculator shown in Fig. 3.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show block diagrams of further embodiments of the ⁇ calculator.
  • Fig. 8 shows a quantization diagram to explain the operation of a quantizer shown in Fig. 2.
  • Figs. 9 and 10 show flow charts to explain the operation of the quantizer shown in Fig. 2. DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
  • Fig. 2 shows a device for coding a video signal according to die invention.
  • the device comprises a delay 1, a picture transformer 2, a quantizer 3, a variabl length coding circuit 4, a bitrate control circuit 5 and a ⁇ calculator 6.
  • An important aspect of the invention is that the video signal can be encoded in accordance with the MPEG standard.
  • the picture transformer 2, the variable-length coding circuit 4 and th bitrate control circuit 5 in this embodiment are identical to the corresponding elements of th generally known MPEG encoder. Therefore, they are not described in detail.
  • Fig. 2 only shows the elements which are necessary for intraframe coding.
  • the invention is also applicable to interframe coding.
  • the applied picture is then first subtracted from a motion-compensated prediction picture, whereafter the residue thus obtained is code
  • the applied picture is block-sequentially subjected to a picture transform.
  • Discrete Cosine Transform DCT
  • Any suitable frequency transform may, however, be used, including sub-band filterin
  • the DCT transforms each picture block of, for example 8*8 pixels into a block of 8*8 coefficients c in which i 0 ... 63 indicates the order of increasing extent of picture detail.
  • the DCT coefficients c are applied to the quantizer 3 which images eac coefficient c ( at a discrete quantization level.
  • the quantization levels are spaced apart by a step size ⁇ j .
  • the step size ⁇ ( is coefficient-dependent in conformity with weighting factors W t which are stored in a quantization matrix.
  • the quantization step size is controlled per block by the bitrate control circuit 5 which applies a step size ⁇ to the quantizer.
  • the step size ⁇ is calculated in accordance with the expression in which i denotes a spatial frequency, W s is the weighting factor for said spatial frequency, and c is a constant.
  • the quantization matrix is generally different for intra coded (I) picture and inter coded (P,B) pictures.
  • d e quantizer images each coefficient at one of d e two nearest quantization levels.
  • quantizer 3 also receives a Lagrange multiplier ⁇ .
  • the quantizer now images a coefficient C j at a different than the nearest quantization level. More particularly, the quantizer forces a coefficient to assume a different level if ⁇ at is more efficient in a rate- distortion sense.
  • Embodiments of quantizer 3 and ⁇ -calculator 6 will be described in greate detail.
  • the quantized coefficients q are subsequently applied to a variable-length coding circuit 4.
  • This circuit forms a variable-length codeword for each non-zero coefficient and a possibly preceding series of non-zero coefficients in conformity with the MPEG standard.
  • the codewords formed are transmitted after buffering (not shown) via a transmission channel.
  • the codewords are also applied to the bitrate control circuit 5.
  • This circuit controls the step size ⁇ in further known manner in such a way that the number of bits per block is always as much as possible in conformity with a predetermined target R,.
  • the Lagrange multiplier ⁇ is applied to the quantizer by ⁇ -calculator 6.
  • This calculator calculates ⁇ by analysis of the picture to be coded. To this end, d e video signal is directly applied to the ⁇ -calculator, while the actual coding of the signal (transform, quantization, variable-length coding) takes place after it has been delayed by one picture period via delay 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of ⁇ -calculator 6.
  • the calculator comprises a picture transformer 600, a histogram forming circuit 601, an RD estimating circuit 602 and a computing circuit 603.
  • the index i indicates the spatial frequency.
  • the coefficients have an amplitude n in die range [-2047,2048].
  • the histogram forming circuit 601 forms, for each spatial frequency i, a histogram of the coefficient amplitude distribution. For example, the circuit 601 counts the number of times when coefficient C
  • the RD estimating circuit 602 uses the histograms h i n to generate an estimation for the RD curve.
  • computing circuit 603 calculates the Lagrange multiplier ⁇ from the estimated RD curve.
  • the searched Lagrange multiplier ⁇ is constituted by d e derivative -dD/dR of the RD curve at a given target bit rate or a given distortion.
  • RD estimating circuit 602 The operation of RD estimating circuit 602 will be explained with reference to a flow chart of operations shown in Fig. 4.
  • a step 40 a value is assigned to a quantization step size ⁇ .
  • the bit rate R and distortion D for this step size are computed in a step 41.
  • Embodiments of this step 41 will be described below in greater detail. If the step 41 were performed for a large number of step sizes ⁇ , then it would yield an RD curve denoted by 500 in Fig. 5. However, it is not necessary to have the RD curve completely available. Because die Lagrange multiplier ⁇ is die derivative -dD/dR at point P (see Fig.
  • step 4 the part of die RD curve around die point P is to be found.
  • Known numerical algorithms can be used to determine point P, for example a "bi-section algorithm". This is denoted in Fig. 4 by means of a step 42 in whic is checked whedier die bit rate R at the current step size ⁇ is sufficiently equal to die targe number of bits R,. As long as this is not the case, a different step size ⁇ is selected (step 4 and the computing step 41 is performed with the different step size. It is recalled diat (the relevant part of) the RD curve can be computed from the available histogram n . It is not necessary to transform the picture again for each computation of R and D.
  • me step size ⁇ is indicative of the spacing ⁇ , between discrete quantization levels.
  • the RD estimating circuit 602 determines from h ⁇ how often die amplitude n of coefficient c, corresponds to a quantization level r , i.e. how often the amplitude n is withi an interval
  • the number of occurrences of c, wim an amplitude t ⁇ n ⁇ t k+ is:
  • diat ⁇ t may be different for I-pictures and P- or B-pictures.
  • the distortion for the current picture dien is:
  • bit rate R is assum to be equivalent widi d e entropy H of the picture.
  • the entropy H is calculated in die following manner.
  • the probability p k of coefficient c, assuming the quantization level r k is calculated from the histogram h i n as:
  • the entropy H and die distortion D are bodi a function of the current step size ⁇ . It is recalled diat the RD curve 500 in Fig. 5 is obtained by calculating H and D for various stepsizes. The RD curve 500 appears to correspond to a very satisfactory extent to die actual RD curve after encoding die relevant picture.
  • variable-length tables used by variable-length coding circuit denoted 4 in Fig. 2.
  • DC coefficients i.e. coefficients c, for which i— 0
  • This code tables specifies for each DC amplitude n a codeword-length 1 D . Recalling that the number of occurrences of DC coefficients CQ with amplitude n is stored in histogram hu n , the number of bits to encode all DC coefficients is:
  • AC coefficients coefficients Cj for which i ⁇ O
  • the MPEG standard comprises an AC code table specifying die codeword-lengd s of "events", each event having a value (the quantization level r k of a non-zero coefficient) and a run length of zero coefficients preceding said non-zero coefficient.
  • the number of events and d eir values can be derived from d e histograms h . What cannot be derived from d e histograms is the run lengdi for each event. Therefore, an average run length for each value r k is used. The average run length is derived from the AC code table, using die assumption that said table applies to typical pictures.
  • An average codeword lengdi I* corresponding with said average run lengdi is also derived from the code table.
  • the number of bits to encode the AC coefficients can dius be approximated by multiplying the number of occurrences of events with the value r k , i.e. d e number of occurrences of coefficient c, with an amplitude t k ⁇ n ⁇ t k+1 , which is:
  • EOB end-of-block code
  • computing circuit 603 calculates the Lagrange multiplier ⁇ as the derivative -dD/d in d e point P of operation. If (R J .D J ) is die point of operation P and two points (R,,D,) an (R 3 ,D 3 ) are in its proximity, ⁇ follows from:
  • ⁇ has the same value for all picture blocks of the picture.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates how die encoder reacts to die applied ⁇ .
  • die reference numeral 50 denotes d e RD curve as computed by RD estimation circuit 602.
  • the encoder would operate at the point P because the bitra control circuit 5 (see Fig. 2) generates a step size ( ⁇ 2) which actually leads to die target number of bits.
  • d e coefficients are imaged at different quantization levels under die influence of ⁇ . This causes die number of bits to be reduced.
  • the bitrate control circuit reacts thereto by reducing die step size. More particularly, the bitrate control circuit automatically controls the step size to that value ( ⁇ l) at which the derivative of rate distortion curve 501 at point Q remains equal to the derivative of die RD curve at point P.
  • the RD curve for die image has been estimated using die same step size ⁇ for all blocks constituting said image. It has been found diat die estimated RD curve corresponds to a satisfactory extent to the actual RD curve for the current image. Nevertheless, a yet more accurate RD curve can be estimated if it is realised diat die actual MPEG encoder adaptively varies die quantization step size from (macro-)block to (macro-)block. Generally, the step size depends on die activity of said block. Blocks having a low activity are quantized widi a smaller step size than blocks having a high activity, because high activity (e.g. much image detail) masks the effect of courser quantization. In accordance with ISO-IEC/JTC1/SC29 WG11/N0400 (better known as MPEG2 Test Model 5), April 1993, page 57, an adequate step size ⁇ m for die m-th (macro-)block is:
  • ⁇ _calculator 6 which takes block activity into account for die purpose of estimating the RD curve.
  • the ⁇ -calculator comprises an activity determining circuit 604 which calculates die activity A,,, of each block m from its pixel values, for example in accordance with page 57 of MPEG2 Test Model 5.
  • a correction circuit 605 modifies each DCT coefficient c- into an activity-corrected coefficient c' ⁇ in accordance widi die expression:
  • the circuit elements 600-603 are die same as in Fig. 3. As before, the histogram forming circuit 601 counts the number of occurrences of coefficients having the same amplitude. However, the coefficients originally having an amplitude n now have an amplitude n/f(A .
  • a more accurate RD curve can also be estimated if it is realised diat d actual MPEG encoder may encode selected (macro-)blocks of inter coded (P,B) pictures i the intra coding mode. This implies that an inter quantization matrix with weighting factor W e i is used to quantize d e majority of blocks of the inter coded picture, whereas a differ intra quantization matrix widi weighting factors W is used to quantize intra blocks.
  • Fig. 7 shows a yet further embodiment of ⁇ -calculator 6 which takes t intra coding mode of blocks of P- or B-pictures into account for the purpose of estimating RD curve.
  • the ⁇ -calculator comprises a switch 606 which is activated by a switching sign S when a block to be intra coded is received.
  • the signal S is generated by a pre-analysis circuit 607 which determines whe ier inter of intra coding of a block is more efficient.
  • a multiplier 608 modifies each DCT coefficient c t of intra blocks into a coding-mode-corrected coefficient c', in accordance widi die expression:
  • the circuit elements 600-603 are die same as in Fig. 3. As before, die histogram forming circuit 601 counts d e coefficients having the same amplitude. However, d e coefficients o intra coded blocks originally having an amplitude n now have an amplitude n*(W e i /W a i ). RD estimating circuit 602 calculates a plurality of (R,D) points for different step sizes. Applying step size ⁇ to amplitude n*(W e ,/W lti ) has die same effect as applying d e step si to amplitude n. The effect of applying the overall weighting factor W e , t all blocks of the P- or B-picture is thus cancelled for intra blocks and replaced by applyin d e intra weighting factor W a i .
  • Fig. 8 shows a scale of possible values of DCT coefficients Cj.
  • Said quantization levels are spaced apart by a step size ⁇ ⁇ as described before in response to d e step size ⁇ which is applied by bitrate control circuit 5 (see Fig. 2).
  • Fig. shows a flow chart of operations performed by die quantizer on coefficient c 4 .
  • d e value of c is imaged at me most proximate quantization level r k .
  • the "Lagrangian cost" L is subsequently computed for this quantization level r k in accorda wid the formula:
  • (C j -r 2 is a measure of me distortion which is a result of die approximation of c, by r , and R k is the number of bits required for transmitting .
  • the computed Lagrangian cost L is saved as L ⁇ .
  • Subsequendy, d e coefficient c 4 is imaged at a lower quantization level r k .,.
  • Lagrangian cost L is computed for this new quantization level.
  • diis Lagrangian cost L is smaller than L ⁇ . If diis is die case, then the lower quantization level r k . j is apparently more favourable in terms of rate-distortion d an r k . In other words, die distortion increases but die gain in the number of bits is more important.
  • the quantizer dien performs the steps 72-75 again so as to check whether an even lower quantization level is still more favourable.
  • the search for the minimum Lagrangian cost in this way is discontinued as soon as it has been found in step 75 that L increases again.
  • the quantization level corresponding to L ⁇ is subsequendy selected in a step 76 for quantization of die coefficient c,.
  • the algorithm shown in Fig. 9 is performed for all coefficients c 4 of a picture block.
  • diat die level 0 may be reached when a lower quantization level is chosen (step 73).
  • zero coefficients are not coded diemselves but are included in die code for the next non-zero coefficient.
  • the consequences thereof for the number of bits are included in die term R k of the formula for L (step 74).
  • the quantization process described above is referred to as bitrate- constrained quantization of DCT coefficients. It provides a significant improvement of the picture quality in comparison widi conventional MPEG coding in which die most proximate quantization level is coded and transmitted for each coefficient. A further improvement of die picture quality is obtained by subsequently subjecting die coefficients q s dius obtained to diresholding. As already previously noted, thresholding is understood to mean mat selected coefficients are rendered zero.
  • Fig. 10 shows a flow chart of the operations which are performed for this purpose on each non-zero coefficient O j . In a step 80, die Lagrangian cost LI is computed for this coefficient q ⁇ 0 given die current value of ⁇ . It holds for LI diat:
  • ⁇ Rj is the number of bits which is saved by rendering qj zero (the coding of q—0 i included in die coding of d e next non-zero coefficient).
  • LI > L2 the number of bits which is saved by rendering qj zero (the coding of q—0 i included in die coding of d e next non-zero coefficient).
  • the thresholding algorithm shown in Fig. 10 determines once per coefficient whether it is more favourable to maintain mis coefficient or render it zero. This is considerably simpler and less intensive in computation than the algorithm which is described in the afore-mentioned article "Rate-Distortion Optimal Fast Thresholding widi complete JPEG/MPEG Decoder Compatibility" which computes all possible thresholding options and selects the most favourable of em. Nevertheless, die form of thresholding described yields a considerable improvement of the picture quality. It has particularly been found diat the combination of bitrate- constrained quantization and thresholding significantly improves the picture quality.
  • the calculated value of ⁇ can also be used, inter alia, to select optimal motion vectors, to select between field or frame coding mode, to select one from a plurality of prediction modes (forward, backward), etc.
  • the picture quality of an MPEG-coded video signal can be improved considerably by modifying selected coefficients after conventional quantization, for example by rendering d em zero.
  • the modification is such d at the Lagrangian cost D+ ⁇ R (D is distortion, R is bitrate) is minimal for a given value of a Lagrange multiplier ⁇ .
  • D distortion
  • R bitrate
  • a relatively simple process is disclosed in which the value of ⁇ is calculated by means of statistical analysis (6) of the picture to be coded.
  • the statistical analysis comprises the estimation of the RD curve on die basis of the amplitude distribution of die coefficients.
  • the searched ⁇ is the derivative of diis curve at the desired bitrate.

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On peut améliorer considérablement la qualité d'image d'un signal vidéo codé par MPEG par modification de coefficients sélectionnés après avoir effectué une quantification classique, par exemple, en les mettant à zéro. La modification est telle que l'évaluation de Lagrange D+μR (D représente la distorsion, R représente le débit binaire) est minimum pour une valeur donnée d'un multiplicateur de Lagrange μ. L'invention décrit un procédé relativement simple d'après lequel on calcule la valeur de μ au moyen d'une analyse statistique (6) de l'image à coder. L'analyse statistique consiste à évaluer la courbe RD sur la base de la répartition d'amplitude des coefficients. Le μ recherché est la dérivée de cette courbe au débit binaire souhaité.
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